Rumor - Next gen consoles may allow developers to self patch games

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The giant issues that stem from the current generation of consoles if that EACH time a developer wants to publish a new patch they are required to submit it through the hardware makers internal QA department. While this at first implies better quality overall what happened was up to two month wait times for game NOT published by AAA studios. A example of this being that a CoD patch would be pushed through in the length of a week while a lesser known and played game like Phantasy Star Universe was plagued with month plus wait times for the patch to reach players.

The entire process means it is quite expensive to publish patches on these platforms. The rumor going around is that on the PS4 and the next xbox developers will be able to self-publish patches due to the devices both having been built with the well established PC x86 architecture. Keep checking back for details on their rumors here at TheTechGame!

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MazurPosted:

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Tuba
Emazing-Lights This is a great idea. They'll be able to send out patches for the games a lot faster.


downside: exploits will probably be patched immediatly


So? It will be for the good of everybody.


indeed, sucks that this won't happen for COD 4 or WaW

AppzePosted:

Tuba
Emazing-Lights This is a great idea. They'll be able to send out patches for the games a lot faster.


downside: exploits will probably be patched immediatly


theres always a way to bypass thing just remember that.

ZyphrPosted:

SOG
Tuba
Emazing-Lights This is a great idea. They'll be able to send out patches for the games a lot faster.


downside: exploits will probably be patched immediatly


So? It will be for the good of everybody.


I agree, things will be legit.

SOGPosted:

Tuba
Emazing-Lights This is a great idea. They'll be able to send out patches for the games a lot faster.


downside: exploits will probably be patched immediatly


So? It will be for the good of everybody.

neboPosted:

Emazing-Lights This is a great idea. They'll be able to send out patches for the games a lot faster.


downside: exploits will probably be patched immediatly

TristanaPosted:

This is a really good idea, everyone wins on it.

TagsPosted:

Marshall-Mathers This needs to happen. There are so many games out there that are buggy and need patched, yet they have to wait 1 month+ to get approved.


Yeah i know what you mean.

ZyphrPosted:

Emazing-Lights This is a great idea. They'll be able to send out patches for the games a lot faster.


Yeah, this means more happy gamers :p

EmazedPosted:

This is a great idea. They'll be able to send out patches for the games a lot faster.

ToesPosted:

Soulful This is a great idea, this would make the games a lot better, faster.


Yea, it should...


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